Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ftrace: Add sample with custom ops

From: Google
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 09:57:00 EST


On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 12:49:12 +0000
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> When reworking core ftrace code or architectural ftrace code, it's often
> necessary to test/analyse/benchmark a number of ftrace_ops
> configurations. This patch adds a module which can be used to explore
> some of those configurations.
>
> I'm using this to benchmark various options for changing the way
> trampolines and handling of ftrace_ops work on arm64, and ensuring other
> architectures aren't adversely affected.
>
> For example, in a QEMU+KVM VM running on a 2GHz Xeon E5-2660
> workstation, loading the module in various configurations produces:
>
> | # insmod ftrace-ops.ko
> | ftrace_ops: registering:
> | relevant ops: 1
> | tracee: tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | irrelevant ops: 0
> | tracee: tracee_irrelevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | saving registers: NO
> | assist recursion: NO
> | assist RCU: NO
> | ftrace_ops: Attempted 100000 calls to tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops] in 1681558ns (16ns / call)
>
> | # insmod ftrace-ops.ko nr_ops_irrelevant=5
> | ftrace_ops: registering:
> | relevant ops: 1
> | tracee: tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | irrelevant ops: 5
> | tracee: tracee_irrelevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | saving registers: NO
> | assist recursion: NO
> | assist RCU: NO
> | ftrace_ops: Attempted 100000 calls to tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops] in 1693042ns (16ns / call)
>
> | # insmod ftrace-ops.ko nr_ops_relevant=2
> | ftrace_ops: registering:
> | relevant ops: 2
> | tracee: tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | irrelevant ops: 0
> | tracee: tracee_irrelevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | saving registers: NO
> | assist recursion: NO
> | assist RCU: NO
> | ftrace_ops: Attempted 100000 calls to tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops] in 11965582ns (119ns / call)
>
> | # insmod ftrace-ops.ko save_regs=true
> | ftrace_ops: registering:
> | relevant ops: 1
> | tracee: tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | irrelevant ops: 0
> | tracee: tracee_irrelevant [ftrace_ops]
> | tracer: ops_func_nop [ftrace_ops]
> | saving registers: YES
> | assist recursion: NO
> | assist RCU: NO
> | ftrace_ops: Attempted 100000 calls to tracee_relevant [ftrace_ops] in 4459624ns (44ns / call)
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for this useful micro benchmark module :)
This looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
> samples/Kconfig | 7 +
> samples/Makefile | 1 +
> samples/ftrace/Makefile | 1 +
> samples/ftrace/ftrace-ops.c | 252 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 261 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 samples/ftrace/ftrace-ops.c
>
> diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
> index 0d81c00289ee3..daf14c35f071d 100644
> --- a/samples/Kconfig
> +++ b/samples/Kconfig
> @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ config SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI
> that hooks to wake_up_process and schedule, and prints
> the function addresses.
>
> +config SAMPLE_FTRACE_OPS
> + tristate "Build custom ftrace ops example"
> + depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
> + help
> + This builds an ftrace ops example that hooks two functions and
> + measures the time taken to invoke one function a number of times.
> +
> config SAMPLE_TRACE_ARRAY
> tristate "Build sample module for kernel access to Ftrace instancess"
> depends on EVENT_TRACING && m
> diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
> index 9832ef3f8fcba..7cb632ef88eeb 100644
> --- a/samples/Makefile
> +++ b/samples/Makefile
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_CUSTOM_EVENTS) += trace_events/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_PRINTK) += trace_printk/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT) += ftrace/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI) += ftrace/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_OPS) += ftrace/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_ARRAY) += ftrace/
> subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_UHID) += uhid
> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PCI_SKELETON) += v4l/
> diff --git a/samples/ftrace/Makefile b/samples/ftrace/Makefile
> index faf8cdb79c5f4..589baf2ec4e3d 100644
> --- a/samples/ftrace/Makefile
> +++ b/samples/ftrace/Makefile
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT) += ftrace-direct-too.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT) += ftrace-direct-modify.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI) += ftrace-direct-multi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI) += ftrace-direct-multi-modify.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_OPS) += ftrace-ops.o
>
> CFLAGS_sample-trace-array.o := -I$(src)
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_ARRAY) += sample-trace-array.o
> diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-ops.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-ops.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..24deb51c72618
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-ops.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> +
> +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
> +#include <linux/ktime.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +
> +#include <asm/barrier.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * Arbitrary large value chosen to be sufficiently large to minimize noise but
> + * sufficiently small to complete quickly.
> + */
> +unsigned int nr_function_calls = 100000;
> +module_param(nr_function_calls, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_function_calls, "How many times to call the relevant tracee");
> +
> +/*
> + * The number of ops associated with a call site affects whether a tracer can
> + * be called directly or whether it's necessary to go via the list func, which
> + * can be significantly more expensive.
> + */
> +unsigned int nr_ops_relevant = 1;
> +module_param(nr_ops_relevant, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_ops_relevant, "How many ftrace_ops to associate with the relevant tracee");
> +
> +/*
> + * On architectures where all call sites share the same trampoline, having
> + * tracers enabled for distinct functions can force the use of the list func
> + * and incur overhead for all call sites.
> + */
> +unsigned int nr_ops_irrelevant = 0;
> +module_param(nr_ops_irrelevant, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_ops_irrelevant, "How many ftrace_ops to associate with the irrelevant tracee");
> +
> +/*
> + * On architectures with DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS, saving the full pt_regs can
> + * be more expensive than only saving the minimal necessary regs.
> + */
> +bool save_regs = false;
> +module_param(save_regs, bool, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(save_regs, "Register ops with FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS (save all registers in the trampoline)");
> +
> +bool assist_recursion = false;
> +module_param(assist_recursion, bool, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(assist_reursion, "Register ops with FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION");
> +
> +bool assist_rcu = false;
> +module_param(assist_rcu, bool, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(assist_reursion, "Register ops with FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU");
> +
> +/*
> + * By default, a trivial tracer is used which immediately returns to mimimize
> + * overhead. Sometimes a consistency check using a more expensive tracer is
> + * desireable.
> + */
> +bool check_count = false;
> +module_param(check_count, bool, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(check_count, "Check that tracers are called the expected number of times\n");
> +
> +/*
> + * Usually it's not interesting to leave the ops registered after the test
> + * runs, but sometimes it can be useful to leave them registered so that they
> + * can be inspected through the tracefs 'enabled_functions' file.
> + */
> +bool persist = false;
> +module_param(persist, bool, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(persist, "Successfully load module and leave ftrace ops registered after test completes\n");
> +
> +/*
> + * Marked as noinline to ensure that an out-of-line traceable copy is
> + * generated by the compiler.
> + *
> + * The barrier() ensures the compiler won't elide calls by determining there
> + * are no side-effects.
> + */
> +static noinline void tracee_relevant(void)
> +{
> + barrier();
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Marked as noinline to ensure that an out-of-line traceable copy is
> + * generated by the compiler.
> + *
> + * The barrier() ensures the compiler won't elide calls by determining there
> + * are no side-effects.
> + */
> +static noinline void tracee_irrelevant(void)
> +{
> + barrier();
> +}
> +
> +struct sample_ops {
> + struct ftrace_ops ops;
> + unsigned int count;
> +};
> +
> +static void ops_func_nop(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
> + struct ftrace_ops *op,
> + struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
> +{
> + /* do nothing */
> +}
> +
> +static void ops_func_count(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
> + struct ftrace_ops *op,
> + struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
> +{
> + struct sample_ops *self;
> +
> + self = container_of(op, struct sample_ops, ops);
> + self->count++;
> +}
> +
> +struct sample_ops *ops_relevant;
> +struct sample_ops *ops_irrelevant;
> +
> +static struct sample_ops *ops_alloc_init(void *tracee, ftrace_func_t func,
> + unsigned long flags, int nr)
> +{
> + struct sample_ops *ops;
> +
> + ops = kcalloc(nr, sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ops))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + ops[i].ops.func = func;
> + ops[i].ops.flags = flags;
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops[i].ops, (unsigned long)tracee, 0, 0));
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(register_ftrace_function(&ops[i].ops));
> + }
> +
> + return ops;
> +}
> +
> +static void ops_destroy(struct sample_ops *ops, int nr)
> +{
> + if (!ops)
> + return;
> +
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(unregister_ftrace_function(&ops[i].ops));
> + ftrace_free_filter(&ops[i].ops);
> + }
> +
> + kfree(ops);
> +}
> +
> +static void ops_check(struct sample_ops *ops, int nr,
> + unsigned int expected_count)
> +{
> + if (!ops || !check_count)
> + return;
> +
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + if (ops->count == expected_count)
> + continue;
> + pr_warn("Counter called %u times (expected %u)\n",
> + ops->count, expected_count);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +ftrace_func_t tracer_relevant = ops_func_nop;
> +ftrace_func_t tracer_irrelevant = ops_func_nop;
> +
> +static int __init ftrace_ops_sample_init(void)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags = 0;
> + ktime_t start, end;
> + u64 period;
> +
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS) && save_regs) {
> + pr_info("this kernel does not support saving registers\n");
> + save_regs = false;
> + } else if (save_regs) {
> + flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS;
> + }
> +
> + if (assist_recursion)
> + flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION;
> +
> + if (assist_rcu)
> + flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU;
> +
> + if (check_count) {
> + tracer_relevant = ops_func_count;
> + tracer_irrelevant = ops_func_count;
> + }
> +
> + pr_info("registering:\n"
> + " relevant ops: %u\n"
> + " tracee: %ps\n"
> + " tracer: %ps\n"
> + " irrelevant ops: %u\n"
> + " tracee: %ps\n"
> + " tracer: %ps\n"
> + " saving registers: %s\n"
> + " assist recursion: %s\n"
> + " assist RCU: %s\n",
> + nr_ops_relevant, tracee_relevant, tracer_relevant,
> + nr_ops_irrelevant, tracee_irrelevant, tracer_irrelevant,
> + save_regs ? "YES" : "NO",
> + assist_recursion ? "YES" : "NO",
> + assist_rcu ? "YES" : "NO");
> +
> + ops_relevant = ops_alloc_init(tracee_relevant, tracer_relevant,
> + flags, nr_ops_relevant);
> + ops_irrelevant = ops_alloc_init(tracee_irrelevant, tracer_irrelevant,
> + flags, nr_ops_irrelevant);
> +
> + start = ktime_get();
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nr_function_calls; i++)
> + tracee_relevant();
> + end = ktime_get();
> +
> + ops_check(ops_relevant, nr_ops_relevant, nr_function_calls);
> + ops_check(ops_irrelevant, nr_ops_irrelevant, 0);
> +
> + period = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(end, start));
> +
> + pr_info("Attempted %u calls to %ps in %lluns (%lluns / call)\n",
> + nr_function_calls, tracee_relevant,
> + period, period / nr_function_calls);
> +
> + if (persist)
> + return 0;
> +
> + ops_destroy(ops_relevant, nr_ops_relevant);
> + ops_destroy(ops_irrelevant, nr_ops_irrelevant);
> +
> + /*
> + * The benchmark completed sucessfully, but there's no reason to keep
> + * the module around. Return an error do the user doesn't have to
> + * manually unload the module.
> + */
> + return -EINVAL;
> +}
> +module_init(ftrace_ops_sample_init);
> +
> +static void __exit ftrace_ops_sample_exit(void)
> +{
> + ops_destroy(ops_relevant, nr_ops_relevant);
> + ops_destroy(ops_irrelevant, nr_ops_irrelevant);
> +}
> +module_exit(ftrace_ops_sample_exit);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark Rutland");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Example of using custom ftrace_ops");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> --
> 2.30.2
>


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>